Monthly Archives: November 2011

Although an employee of defendant contractor allegedly told plaintiff subcontractor “not to worry” about an increase in flowable fill on the project, defendant did not waive the contract requirement for written change orders, and a Richmond U.S. District Court grants ...

In plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging defendant defamed plaintiff by making false statements that plaintiff forged documents in connection with a contract for debt collection services plaintiff had with SMI Hyundai, an Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts the magistrate judge’s recommendation and ...

Defendant federal agency and supervisors win summary judgment in this suit filed by an African-American female employee who alleges defendants violated Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by requesting certain medical documentation during plaintiff’s nine-month work absence from ...

Plaintiff businessman who agreed to front $75,000 to defendants in a business venture that would allow them to purchase automobiles to be sold at defendants’ car dealerships with a guaranteed return of that money and profits from future sales, can ...

Plaintiff businessman who agreed to front $75,000 to defendants in a business venture that would allow them to purchase automobiles to be sold at defendants’ car dealerships with a guaranteed return of that money and profits from future sales, can ...

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says plaintiffs who contracted to sell over 1 million shares of stock in Mediatech, a Virginia-based biotech company, but who later blamed misrepresentations by defendant buyer for their agreement to a sale price of $4 ...

A Swedish law firm that sued the company that hired it for legal representation in a 2007 dispute loses on summary judgment because its negligence claim is barred by Virginia’s two-year statute of limitations, says an Alexandria U.S. District Court. ...

In evaluating defendant Halliburton’s motion to dismiss this False Claims Act suit filed by relator, the Alexandria U.S. District will seal “Exhibit J,” a KBR Employee Relations Investigative Report that contains confidential findings normally unavailable to the public, but the ...

A welding company employee states a claim for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act with allegations that he was not compensated for travel time to job sites for his work as a structural steel welder, and the Richmond ...